Sir Frederick Leighton Bart President Of The Royal Academy

Author : Mrs. A. Lang
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334039614
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book The Life and Work of Sir Frederick Leighton, Bart., President of the Royal Academy; Sir John E. Millais, Bart., Royal Academician; L. Alma Tadema, Royal Academician (Classic Reprint) written by Mrs. A. Lang and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Work of Sir Frederick Leighton, Bart., President of the Royal Academy; Sir John E. Millais, Bart., Royal Academician; L. Alma Tadema, Royal Academician In 1858, when he met forthe first time the three great pre-raphaelite artists, Mr. Millais, with some others who had followed him, were just beginning to shake off some of their youthful absurdities, while retaining, to their immense advantage, the glow of colour and wider interests and more conscientious methods which marked the earlier stages of the movement. The days of 7726 Germ were over, the childish things were being put away, and with them something of early freshness and enthusiasm was departing. It was into this secondary state of things that Sir Frederick came, and of this, we may be sure, he was not slow to reap the fruits. One is more and more struck with the variety of subjects that he painted, and the difference in their mode of treatment. Mythology, Scripture, Vasari, were all illustrated in their turn, and were interspersed with pictures of a more fanciful nature, and with portraits. To these were now to be added some of the most beautiful things that the artist ever accomplished - things of the utmost value to young students - the studies done during the spring of 1859 at Capri. Every one has heard of the celebrated drawing of the 'lemon Tree, ' exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1880; a small pencil study, but showing in the highest degree all the truth, delicacy, and care which is eminently characteristic of all the work of the president. No pre-raphaelite that ever lived could have designed it more minutely, yet the effect has nothing whatever niggling about it. If he had never drawn anything else, the 'lemon Tree' alone would have left assurance of an artist. Um luckily the drawing is not suited for reproduction within our space, and by processes of engraving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.